I was on the fence....

But with an argument as convincing as this, my opinion just might be swayed.

Robot lords of Tokyo, smile, taste kittens!

Like some of my other internet cohorts I will be doing a bit of writing over at TheMotorcycleGroup from time to time. I'm going to say that most of my motorcycle only posts will be over there and stuff about my bicycles and the garagemobile will still be here. It's funny how I have no time to really contribute to my blog so I decided to contribute to two. Just another in a long trend of spreading myself too thin. I used to read about how guys would "be getting back into motorcycling" after raising a family. For those of you with bikes and kids, you get this. Time is important to us all but time spent with your family is the most valuable of all, but that gets split between fun and the not so fun stuff. I'm not a fan of changing diapers, so I'd rather be changing tires. Of course I don't want to miss even one giggle or cookie covered grin. So without getting estrogen all over the place I'll just say that even though I may not be putting in much saddle time on the scooter but I don't feel guilty about it. Now the roof on the garagemobile needs to be replaced, and I'd much rather be out riding than doing that. Check out the other site, it's a bit green right now but should be going strong in a few weeks. Rock on people.

A More Perfect Union

On July 4th 1776 a group of former British Colonists signed The Declaration of Independence. Living independently in a far away land they wanted to be just that, independent. This July 4th we are celebrating, not our independence from The English Empire, but the fact that we are an independent nation. I have comprised a list, in no particular order, of things that are American that perhaps we can focus on rather than foreign policy.

1) Giant breaded pork tenderloins on a bun with mustard and pickles
2) Rock and Roll
3) Apehangers
4) Orville and Wilbur Wright
5) William S. Harley and the Davidson brothers
6) Baseball
7) Sesame street
8) Thomas Hart Benton
9) The Ford Mustang
10) The Chevrolet Corvette
11) 1965 Plymouth Belvedere Hemi
12) Ray Bradbury
13) Jazz
14) P.T. Barnum
15) Johnny Cash
16) Jackson Pollock
17) Yard Darts
18) Harry Callahan
19) Harry Callahan (the other one)
20) John Ford
21) The United States National Parks
22) Old Glory
23) Moon Pies
24) Edwin Land
25) Charles and Ray Eames
I could go on and on about all that is great about America but I should stop at 25. These are certainly not the top 25 (except number 1) just the first 25 that came to mind. I hope you all have a safe July fourth wherever you are on this big ol’ rock and remember all the people who are fighting to keep us free and try to remember that all Americans are not idiots. Just the ones on television. Happy Birthday!